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REPORTING ON THE MONUMENT IN PRESEVO TO THE INSPECTION0
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- 24. November 2012.
Source: Politika daily / On the occasion of putting the square in order, the local authorities cooperated with the Institute for Protection of Cultural Heritage, but the monument to LAPBM members was erected without the Institute’s consent. Which procedure had to be implemented and which governmental body is in charge of the controversial monument to LAPBM members, who are members of the Albanian paramilitary formation that attacked the police, army and civilians in the region in 2000 and 2001? The square in Presevo was previously treated as a spatial entity, while the carrying out of any works in it required the approval of the Nis Institute for Protection of Cultural Heritage, which the local government had failed to do.
READ MOREPRESS RELEASE – 23.11.2012.0
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- 23. November 2012.
Representatives of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, headed by the President of the Coordination Body, Zoran Stankovic, met today with the U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby, the British Ambassador Michael Davenport, Vincent Degert, the Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia and Paula Thiede, the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.
READ MOREFIVE AFGHANS DISCOVERED ON THE PRESEVO BORDER-CROSSING0
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- 22. November 2012.
Source: Dnevnik / Yesterday, during a joint operation with their colleagues from the border police in Presevo, customs officers prevented on the Presevo border-crossing five Afghans from crossing the border illegally, stated the Customs Administration of the Serbian Ministry of Finance.
READ MOREFIRST LAYER OF ASPHALT LAID ON THE VRANJE-BUJANOVAC SECTION OF CORRIDOR 100
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- 22. November 2012.
Source: Narodne novine – Nis / The paving with asphalt of the new Vranje-Bujanovac motorway on Corridor 10 began. The first tons of asphalt arrived at an eight-kilometer section of the road, which is firstly built from Donji Neradovac, located near Vranje, to the Serbian House, located in the vicinity of Bujanovac. This winter, a five-kilometer lane will be put into operation. The entire section, including several bridges and overpasses, should be completed by June 2013.
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UPON ERECTION OF THE MONUMENT TO TERRORISTS IN SOUTH SERBIA, PRIME MINISTER DACIC REACTED0
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- 22. November 2012.
Source: Večernje Novosti / The erection of a monument to the fallen soldiers of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja (LAPBM) in front of the local government building in central Presevo provoked strong reactions of the public.
READ MOREPRESS RELEASE – 22.11.2012.0
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- 22. November 2012.
The Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja stated that it hadn’t been informed by representatives of the municipality of Presevo about the construction and erection of a monument to the so-called Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja (LAPBM) in the city center. To our knowledge, the monument was erected in the morning of November 16, which was followed by the holding of a meeting, which hadn’t been reported in advance.
READ MOREKIRBY PROMISED CONTINUED AID TO SOUTH SERBIA0
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- 21. November 2012.
Source: Večernje Novosti – Serbia / Vranje – The U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Michael Kirby, visited for the first time the city under Przar yesterday. During the meeting, he firstly met with Vranje’s Mayor Zoran Antic and his associates. The topics mostly discussed during the meeting included the functioning of the local government, as well as the cooperation between Vranje and the municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, in the light of the current political and economic situation in South Serbia.
READ MOREUS AMBASSADOR IN PRESEVO0
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- 20. November 2012.
Source: Jugpress / Presevo – The U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby spoke yesterday with Ragmi Mustafa, the President of the municipality of Presevo, about the current situation in the municipality.
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YOUNG ALBANINS LEARNING SERBIAN ON A MASSIVE SCALE0
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- 19. November 2012.
Source: Politika / Young Albanians from South Serbia learn Serbian on a massive scale and this is proved by the number of Albanian students who applied for admission to the school of the Serbian language organized for the first time by the Office of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja.
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ZORAN STANKOVIC – WE DEFEND PEACE ONLY BY MONEY0
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- 19. November 2012.
Source: Vecernje Novosti / Investments in the underdeveloped South Serbia and the arrival of new investors will guarantee a peaceful coexistence of Serbs and Albanians. There are no inter-ethnic tensions in the places where there are no shortages of money and jobs. This was said by Zoran Stankovic, the new President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja:
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MR. STANKOVIC: SOUTH SERBIA IS NEGLECTED0
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- 15. November 2012.
Source: Serbian Broadcasting Corporation / Mr. Stankovic reiterated that almost all companies from South Serbia operated with large losses, as well as that the unemployment rate in Presevo was 56 percent, in Medvedja 47 percent and in Bujanovac 43 percent. BELGRADE – The President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, Zoran Stankovic, said this morning that South Serbia was a neglected territory and that the biggest problem of the people living there was a high unemployment rate.
READ MOREGovernor of Pcinj District Warns of the Worsening Situation in the Economy of South Serbia0
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- 15. November 2012.
Source: Danas daily / Vranje – Budimir Mihajlovic, Governor of the Pcinj District, said at the "Open Day for the Media," event that South Serbia’s municipalities needed urgent help from the state, since the economy was in a rather bad state. “This is the time for the state to do something, as the state of the economy has never been worse. My impression is that the resources of local communities are squandered on some useless things, instead of being used for creation of new jobs, "Mr. Mihajlovic said.
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